Today I have been constructing the panels of my Popular 8' x 6' - in the house!! Its very cold, wet & windy outside. The printed instruction manual that came with the frame is totally useless. The video above - helps but still skips over major pointers, like which way round to have certain pieces. I resorted to Halls online chat this morning, but that ended with the assistant telling me to look on UA-cam! Its been an arduous task, however a call to helpline this afternoon, proved very helpful - thank you Rachel. I was directed to the assembly guide on Halls Website with clear diagrams which has helped greatly. Waiting for the opportunity to carry on with the construction over the next couple of days. Fingers crossed it all works out.
Took a lot longer than expected to complete but I'm very happy with the finished product. Poor instructions were the biggest problem and I couldn't get my head around attaching the door to the frame once I had put it together. Videos off You Tube saved the day
The video is very useful, but seems to have been done with the assumption that you have assembled these before and this is simply an aid memoir. It would have been more helpful to have close up shots of the corners and also missing is fitting the door hanger
had one of these in my garden since 1978 and still standing looks as good as new and never had a broken pane since all original glass withstands all the storms over the last 40 odd years.
Ive had this greenhouse for a couple of years now and am still quite happy with it, it has been through a few heavy storms and is still standing, lost a few panes of glass but that is to be expected. The only downpoint is the door, the plastic fixings are very flimsy and low standard but i replaced them with some i made myself. It was quite straightforward to put together as well.
It is a good greenhouse, and it`s important to chose glass instead of the plastic windows, the plastic ones get brittle and blow out in stormy weather! That is what my former greenhouse did, now I own a safety glass greenhouse that is superstrong.
UPDATE: 10 months since I built my Halls greenhouse. It has been excellent this summer. As stated in the comments the instructions are a bit rubbish. Tiny line drawings where you cant really see what you have to do. A bit daunting when you start to assemble it. It is actually not difficult to assemble when you know what you are doing. I used the [crappy] instructions and also this video, and between the two managed to assemble the greenhouse. The trickiest parts were the door assembly and the roof window. I fitted mine on railway sleepers as I did not like the look of the base that came with it. Make sure the door rail overhangs the sleeper [or whatever else you use by a 1/4 of an inch or it will not slide properly. Also you have to fit the rubber inserts at the same time you assemble the roof window . They do not tell you this in the instructions [it just means doing the job twice otherwise]. It is the best greenhouse for the money in my opinion. Just need Halls to provide some better instructions.
Yes, there has to be a space under the door rail, otherwise the door won't slide. You can accomplish this most easily by sitting the greenhouse sill plates on small strips of wood (we use cedar here) in the following dimensions: 1 1/4" wide by 9/16" thick, as shown in the video. This allows the door to slide easily and keeps the sill plates elsewhere from twisting. Good luck with the glass. (Do the roof first). Brian Russell
The sides and roof beam on mine are up. They were easy. It took me several hours to do the door, the instructions are very unclear, the fitting was very tricky. Easy when you know how, hard otherwise. Shame you missed the door assembly and fitting out.
It would have been really useful to have shown the door fitting. It's badly shown in the manual and all these videos seem to skip the process. Mine has never run well, despite very careful installation, and today it fell out! Why the mystery?
Note 1: The black rubber glazing strip on the opening window only goes up to the end of the bottom glazing if you add the glazing strip all the way up the bottom bar with window opener holders (8615) will not fit throws it off by few mm of the rubber, suggest adding the glazing and cut the glazing strip to the top of of the bottom glazing then add the bar window holder (8615) at a slight angle to slide in above the bottom glazing...hope this helps a few !! Note 2: If adding rubber glazing strip in cold months bring inside drop in hot water, leave for approximately for 1 hr this helps the rubber to expand then apply to greenhouse fits like a glove.
If you are using a home made wooden base, the door bottom rail has to overhang the wood by about 1 centimetre. I put the base central on the wooden sleepers and the door was jammed solid [it would not slide open or closed]. I moved it to overhang and it slides perfectly now. This must happen in the video? but you do not mention it.
Have the same. Very good quality, everythink fits perfectly. But. It took me a day to attach the rubber profiles that secure the glass, your looking at some 60 meters of it. Serious pain in the behind.
I was struggling with this. In the end I cut them to length and immersed them in hot water. Then one by one took them out while still good and hot and they go on a LOT easier.
After getting it assembled (Halls Popular) you'll realise that 8x6 is ok for a tiny garden but that the 2ft wide door and and 4 ft eaves are too damn tight even for small gardener. I'm 5"4 and with a few plants in their its a very tight working space. Some hard won experience: Buy an extra roof vent! Small space, low roof = solar plant cooker. When you get the greenhouse buy the vent and sort the glazing changes out with the supplier. Think carefully where you want your Tomatoes and Cucumbers or other tall plants and put the vents on the other side of the roof! Budget for paving slabs! you can grow directly in greenhouse soil but manoeuvring in a 8x6 with a low roof isn't worth it. The tiny door makes it awkward Pave the floor grow in pots and containers. Uneven ground or a slope. = Don't dig it in flat, build it up I dug mine in and its been a soggy mess at one side every time there is heavy rain. The galvanised base (an extra from halls) is rusting badly on that side.
I have 10 thumbs on my hands and I'm the undisputed king of useless when it comes to DIY but with 2 days work and couple of labourers I'm ready to install the glass in my Halls 6x8. I'm hoping I've done everything right so I can get it finished off tomorrow and get some plants moved in.... It's been a fun project so far although I will say that the instructions could be clearer at times though particularly with regards which way certain pieces face. Here's hoping I've done it all right...👍😆
Thank you for your comments. Glad to hear the frame has gone well despite the drawings in the manual! If you provide an email address to me, I would be happy to send you our installation tip sheet. it has some info on the glazing process that you might find useful. Best wishes, Brian Russell russellnursery@telus.net
Brian Russell Thanks Russell I (with some help from my labourers) managed to get it all finished and glazed today, it looks very nice once completed with the single sheet toughened glass. I still need to put the auto vent opener on but that should be a fairly straight forward job I'm hoping. Ive already got some plants in there right now and I'm hoping for many years of happy growing☺
I dont think there is. It took me a while to work the door out. Main thing is to make sure the slider for the door on the main greenhouse frame has a bit of an overhang [half inch or so] If there is no overhang the door will be stiff and wont open.
You really need to up the volume on this video, I'm trying to watch it as I'm erecting the greenhouse as the written instructions are a complete waste of time but cannot here what he's saying.
WELL, FINISHED THE GREENHOUSE [FINALLY[. I AM WRITING IN CAPITALS, NOT TO SHOUT BUT I THINK IT IS EASIER TO READ. PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT OCCUR ON ASSEMBLY...... 1] IF YOU ARE USING A NON HALLS BASE [WOOD,BRICK ETC] MAKE SURE THE BOTTOM DOOR SLIDER HAS 1/4 INCH OVERHANG OVER THE EDGE OF THE BASE, OTHERWISE THE DOOR WILL NOT SLIDE. BEST TO FIT THE DOOR BEFORE YOU FIX THE GREENHOUSE TO THE BASE [SO YOU CAN CHECK IF THE DOOR SLIDES SMOOTHLY FIRST]. THE VIDEO DOES NOT REALLY MENTION FITTING THE DOOR AND THIS IS THE HARDEST PART OF THE WHOLE GREENHOUSE. 2] THE OPENING ROOF WINDOW NEEDS GLAZING STRIPS FITTING BEFORE THE GLASS GOES IN OTHERWISE THE GLASS JUST RATTLES ABOUT AND YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE WINDOW APART AGAIN. NO MENTION OF THIS EITHER IN THE HALLS INSTRUCTIONS OR IN THIS VIDEO. I HOPE THESE TIPS MIGHT BE SOME HELP TO SOMEONE. PLEASE MENTION THESE THINGS IF YOU MAKE AN UPDATED VIDEO. P.S I SEE SOME OF THE DOOR ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED IN PREVIOUS COMMENTS.
I could build a second one in a day, but give yourself a week to build . 80% of the instructions can be followed, use this vid to cross check. the other 20% is a pain in the butt, the instructions are wither vague or non existant and the vid also seems to leave the same pieces out. You will be pleased with it when you get it finished.
The instructions from Halls are useless it is ridiculous when you think how much they charge for their green houses it's a photocopy of a photo copy and nothing more than 18 pages of smudge there are plenty of alternative Greenhouses out there who provide accurate instruction for assembly my advice is buy one of them !
Whilst the video is good for the finish product. The step-by-step instructions are not. They are too fast and do not explain things step by exact step for a beginner. This video is no good.
Today I have been constructing the panels of my Popular 8' x 6' - in the house!! Its very cold, wet & windy outside.
The printed instruction manual that came with the frame is totally useless. The video above - helps but still skips over major pointers, like which way round to have certain pieces.
I resorted to Halls online chat this morning, but that ended with the assistant telling me to look on UA-cam! Its been an arduous task, however a call to helpline this afternoon, proved very helpful - thank you Rachel. I was directed to the assembly guide on Halls Website with clear diagrams which has helped greatly. Waiting for the opportunity to carry on with the construction over the next couple of days. Fingers crossed it all works out.
Thank you for this, I am also having this issue
Took a lot longer than expected to complete but I'm very happy with the finished product. Poor instructions were the biggest problem and I couldn't get my head around attaching the door to the frame once I had put it together. Videos off You Tube saved the day
The video is very useful, but seems to have been done with the assumption that you have assembled these before and this is simply an aid memoir. It would have been more helpful to have close up shots of the corners and also missing is fitting the door hanger
Most useful video of the Halls Popular 86. Far better than anything else I've seen to date. Many thanks from Scotland😁
had one of these in my garden since 1978 and still standing looks as good as new and never had a broken pane since all original glass withstands all the storms over the last 40 odd years.
I bought mine 8 years ago, it is still in perfect order.
Ive had this greenhouse for a couple of years now and am still quite happy with it, it has been through a few heavy storms and is still standing, lost a few panes of glass but that is to be expected. The only downpoint is the door, the plastic fixings are very flimsy and low standard but i replaced them with some i made myself. It was quite straightforward to put together as well.
1 year on, greenhouse has been excellent. Stood all the winter storms and torential rains. The one to go for for me.
It is a good greenhouse, and it`s important to chose glass instead of the plastic windows, the plastic ones get brittle and blow out in stormy weather!
That is what my former greenhouse did, now I own a safety glass greenhouse that is superstrong.
UPDATE: 10 months since I built my Halls greenhouse. It has been excellent this summer. As stated in the comments the instructions are a bit rubbish. Tiny line drawings where you cant really see what you have to do. A bit daunting when you start to assemble it. It is actually not difficult to assemble when you know what you are doing. I used the [crappy] instructions and also this video, and between the two managed to assemble the greenhouse.
The trickiest parts were the door assembly and the roof window.
I fitted mine on railway sleepers as I did not like the look of the base that came with it. Make sure the door rail overhangs the sleeper [or whatever else you use by a 1/4 of an inch or it will not slide properly. Also you have to fit the rubber inserts at the same time you assemble the roof window . They do not tell you this in the instructions [it just means doing the job twice otherwise]. It is the best greenhouse for the money in my opinion. Just need Halls to provide some better instructions.
Yes, there has to be a space under the door rail, otherwise the door won't slide. You can accomplish this most easily by sitting the greenhouse sill plates on small strips of wood (we use cedar here) in the following dimensions: 1 1/4" wide by 9/16" thick, as shown in the video. This allows the door to slide easily and keeps the sill plates elsewhere from twisting. Good luck with the glass. (Do the roof first). Brian Russell
3 years on all is still good. The glass went in easy.
The sides and roof beam on mine are up. They were easy. It took me several hours to do the door, the instructions are very unclear, the fitting was very tricky. Easy when you know how, hard otherwise. Shame you missed the door assembly and fitting out.
It would have been really useful to have shown the door fitting. It's badly shown in the manual and all these videos seem to skip the process. Mine has never run well, despite very careful installation, and today it fell out! Why the mystery?
Thank you this was very useful 👍
Note 1: The black rubber glazing strip on the opening window only goes up
to the end of the bottom glazing if you add the glazing strip all the way up the bottom bar with window opener holders (8615) will not fit throws it off by few mm of the rubber, suggest adding the glazing and cut the glazing strip to the top of of the bottom glazing then add the bar window holder (8615) at a slight angle to slide in above the bottom glazing...hope this helps a few !!
Note 2: If adding rubber glazing strip in cold months bring inside drop in hot water, leave for approximately for 1 hr this helps the rubber to expand then apply to greenhouse fits like a glove.
Part 8615 was the only problem. Had to cut off the overhang to fit.
If you are using a home made wooden base, the door bottom rail has to overhang the wood by about 1 centimetre. I put the base central on the wooden sleepers and the door was jammed solid [it would not slide open or closed]. I moved it to overhang and it slides perfectly now. This must happen in the video? but you do not mention it.
Have the same. Very good quality, everythink fits perfectly. But. It took me a day to attach the rubber profiles that secure the glass, your looking at some 60 meters of it. Serious pain in the behind.
I was struggling with this. In the end I cut them to length and immersed them in hot water. Then one by one took them out while still good and hot and they go on a LOT easier.
Hello, I'm about finished with the greenhouse, but the rubber door strips are preventing the door from sliding past the doorway. How can I fix this?
can you please show how you got the door working? ours isnt rolling on the runners. or did we get faulty one
After getting it assembled (Halls Popular) you'll realise that 8x6 is ok for a tiny garden but that the 2ft wide door and and 4 ft eaves are too damn tight even for small gardener. I'm 5"4 and with a few plants in their its a very tight working space.
Some hard won experience:
Buy an extra roof vent! Small space, low roof = solar plant cooker. When you get the greenhouse buy the vent and sort the glazing changes out with the supplier.
Think carefully where you want your Tomatoes and Cucumbers or other tall plants and put the vents on the other side of the roof!
Budget for paving slabs! you can grow directly in greenhouse soil but manoeuvring in a 8x6 with a low roof isn't worth it. The tiny door makes it awkward Pave the floor grow in pots and containers.
Uneven ground or a slope. = Don't dig it in flat, build it up I dug mine in and its been a soggy mess at one side every time there is heavy rain. The galvanised base (an extra from halls) is rusting badly on that side.
I have 10 thumbs on my hands and I'm the undisputed king of useless when it comes to DIY but with 2 days work and couple of labourers I'm ready to install the glass in my Halls 6x8. I'm hoping I've done everything right so I can get it finished off tomorrow and get some plants moved in....
It's been a fun project so far although I will say that the instructions could be clearer at times though particularly with regards which way certain pieces face.
Here's hoping I've done it all right...👍😆
Thank you for your comments. Glad to hear the frame has gone well despite the drawings in the manual! If you provide an email address to me, I would be happy to send you our installation tip sheet. it has some info on the glazing process that you might find useful. Best wishes, Brian Russell russellnursery@telus.net
Brian Russell
Thanks Russell I (with some help from my labourers) managed to get it all finished and glazed today, it looks very nice once completed with the single sheet toughened glass. I still need to put the auto vent opener on but that should be a fairly straight forward job I'm hoping.
Ive already got some plants in there right now and I'm hoping for many years of happy growing☺
Fit the rubber beading in the window when you assemble it or you will have come back later and do it. It does not show this in the video.
But you missed an important step. What do you do when the glass doesn't fit the frame.
If it don’t fit then the qreenhouse is not Square
Is there a video for halls 6x4 front door assembly
I dont think there is. It took me a while to work the door out. Main thing is to make sure the slider for the door on the main greenhouse frame has a bit of an overhang [half inch or so] If there is no overhang the door will be stiff and wont open.
You really need to up the volume on this video, I'm trying to watch it as I'm erecting the greenhouse as the written instructions are a complete waste of time but cannot here what he's saying.
MultiDc1969 Good video. Need to be able to hear it without straining though. Thanks
WELL, FINISHED THE GREENHOUSE [FINALLY[. I AM WRITING IN CAPITALS, NOT TO SHOUT BUT I THINK IT IS EASIER TO READ.
PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT OCCUR ON ASSEMBLY......
1] IF YOU ARE USING A NON HALLS BASE [WOOD,BRICK ETC] MAKE SURE THE BOTTOM DOOR SLIDER HAS 1/4 INCH OVERHANG OVER THE EDGE OF THE BASE, OTHERWISE THE DOOR WILL NOT SLIDE. BEST TO FIT THE DOOR BEFORE YOU FIX THE GREENHOUSE TO THE BASE [SO YOU CAN CHECK IF THE DOOR SLIDES SMOOTHLY FIRST]. THE VIDEO DOES NOT REALLY MENTION FITTING THE DOOR AND THIS IS THE HARDEST PART OF THE WHOLE GREENHOUSE.
2] THE OPENING ROOF WINDOW NEEDS GLAZING STRIPS FITTING BEFORE THE GLASS GOES IN OTHERWISE THE GLASS JUST RATTLES ABOUT AND YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE WINDOW APART AGAIN. NO MENTION OF THIS EITHER IN THE HALLS INSTRUCTIONS OR IN THIS VIDEO.
I HOPE THESE TIPS MIGHT BE SOME HELP TO SOMEONE. PLEASE MENTION THESE THINGS IF YOU MAKE AN UPDATED VIDEO.
P.S I SEE SOME OF THE DOOR ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED IN PREVIOUS COMMENTS.
MORE VOLUME REQUIRED
Missed how to put the door on.
See above comments on fitting the door.
I could build a second one in a day, but give yourself a week to build . 80% of the instructions can be followed, use this vid to cross check. the other 20% is a pain in the butt, the instructions are wither vague or non existant and the vid also seems to leave the same pieces out. You will be pleased with it when you get it finished.
The instructions from Halls are useless it is ridiculous when you think how much they charge for their green houses it's a photocopy of a photo copy and nothing more than 18 pages of smudge there are plenty of alternative Greenhouses out there who provide accurate instruction for assembly my advice is buy one of them !
En français est ce possible merci
Cant hear it?
I'm useless at DIY
Top of the door is giving me a nightmare right now ..the instruction pictures it comes with are crap
same here and tips?
Same problem any solution?
door does not fit
In italiano niente
Whilst the video is good for the finish product. The step-by-step instructions are not. They are too fast and do not explain things step by exact step for a beginner. This video is no good.
Pretty useless, all the difficult things you need help with are missed out, yet this is the video Halls suggested. Terrible assembly instructions